Summer Planning PAC Meeting Notes – February 19, 2025

Summer Options for Jobs, Camps, and More!

This document includes suggestions for 2025 teen summer activities around Arlington and beyond. There are many opportunities, jobs, camps, etc. and this document does not include all of them. If you have other ideas that you’d like added to this document, please email [email protected].

2025 Arlington Teen Summer Job Fair

Arlington’s annual employment and volunteer expo serving 14 to 18 year-oldsSummer jobs, volunteer opportunities and more!Saturday, March 29 | 10am-1pmThomas Jefferson Community Center: 3501 2nd St South, Arlington, VA 22204(Additional parking available at Alice West Fleet Elementary School’s underground garage)Register for the Arlington Teen Summer Job Fair

Arlingteen

A one-stop shop for all things “teen” in Arlington including jobs, volunteer opportunities, events, health services and more. Visit the website: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Arlingteens

• Includes applying for a work permit for teens under 16
• Resume and interview help
• Getting around information
• And more!

Camp Match Maker

A service to help you choose the right camp for your childLindsey Binstock (In partnership with Joanne Paltrowitz)The Camp Experts & Teen Summers[email protected]www.campexperts.com703-825-4040

Jobs and Volunteer Positions at Arlington Parks & Recreation – Summer Camps:

• Apply at https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Departments/Parks-Recreation/Programs/Camps/Summer-Camps-Job-and-Volunteer-Opportunities/Employment-Opportunities-Parks-Recreation
• All positions are open until filled, however we encourage applications by April 1.
• Jobs
  • Full Summer Commitment (Approx 8 weeks)
  • Up to 40-hour work weeks
  • Pre-summer mandatory evening & weekend trainings throughout June
  • Paid opportunities
• Volunteer
  • Must be 13 years of age by May 1st.
  • Not a full summer commitment (2 consecutive week minimum)
  • Flexibility with scheduling (dates and times)
  • Pre summer training
  • Earn service hours

Opportunities at Outdoor Lab

• Student Board Members: Each spring we elect a rising junior or senior as a student Board Member for a one-year term to represent APS students on the Board of Directors of the AOEA, the non-profit that owns and supports the Outdoor Lab; applications for the upcoming school year are due March 31.
• Summer Camp Counselors-in-Training/Junior Staff: APS conducts three weeks of overnight summer camp, June 23-27, July 7-11 and July 14-18. Current students in grades 9 through 11 are invited to apply for a volunteer CIT/junior staff position; applications are due Fri., March 28.
• Volunteer: Students can earn volunteer hours at our Spring (May 4) and Fall (tbd) Open Houses or at other volunteer work days throughout the year; please sign up here to hear about upcoming volunteer needs.
• Please reach out to [email protected] or visit our website at www.outdoorlab.org to learn more.

Volunteer Summer Jobs:

• Shriver Program: https://shriver.apsva.us/about-us/welcome-to-shriver/
• The Clothesline: https://www.clotheslinearlington.org/volunteer/
• AFAC (Arlington Food Assistance Center) : https://afac.org/our-needs/
• Lucky Dog Animal Rescue: http://www.luckydoganimalrescue.org/get-involved
• AWLA (Animal Welfare League of Arlington):: https://www.awla.org/volunteer/

Lifeguard, Swim Instructors, Snack Bar/Front Desk positions at local pools

• Overlee: https://overlee.org/employees/forms/
• Chesterbrook: https://chesterbrookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Front-Desk-Job-Description.pdf
• Dominion Hills: https://dominionhills.org/about/hiring/
• Arlington Forest Pool: https://arlingtonforestclub.org/amenities/snackbar/
• Knights of Columbus: https://columbusclubpools.com/
• Upton Hills: https://www.novaparks.com/facility/upton-hill-regional-park

Be a camper at Day and Overnight Camps:

• Local:
  • Arlington Parks & Recs:
    • Lots of camps for kids up to 12 years old
    • There are camps specifically for teens (pg. 46-47 in the Summer Camp Catalog
  • Camp Temple Rodef Shalom: https://www.camptrs.org
  • Congressional Summer Camp: https://www.congocamp.org/
  • Steve & Kate Camps: https://steveandkatescamp.com/arlington/
  • Smithsonian Summer Camps: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/camp/
  • Headfirst Summer Camp: https://www.headfirstcamps.com/
  • Levine Music Camp: https://www.levinemusic.org/camp-levine/
  • Sailing Camp (Bell Haven Marina): https://www.saildc.com/classes-and-camps
  • Fish & Explore Camp: https://www.fishandexplore.com/summer-camps/big-fish-2/
  • Camps at Marymount University: https://marymount.edu/admissions/summer/3e-summer-camp-explore-enrich-enjoy/
  • Flagstar Football camp: https://www.flagstarfootball.com/summer-camp-1
• Overnight camps:
  • Twin Creeks: https://www.camptwincreeks.com/
  • Sandy Hill: https://www.sandyhill.com/
  • Camp Varsity: https://www.campvarsity.net/
  • Camp Seagull and Seafarer: https://www.seagull-seafarer.org/
  • List of overnight camps: https://www.americansummercamps.com/
  • Sports Overnight camps:
    • Wooten Basketball camp: https://coachwootten.com/basketball_camps/

Other jobs/activities:

• Mow lawns
• Take care of pets
• Walk dogs
• Babysit
• Water plants
• Get together with friends to do a community activity – ex. pick up trash in the neighborhood, make cards for senior homes,
• If you have a driver’s license, offer a service to drop off/pick up kids from camp.
• Host a camp for neighborhood kids
• Tutor
• Sports Referee w/Arlington Soccer Association: https://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/other-programs/refereeing/new-referees
• Become certified as a lifeguard: https://jobboard.arlingtonva.us/job/axegfm/lifeguard-training-min-age-15/arlington/va
• Get First Aid/CPR certified
• Red Cross Babysitting class: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Departments/Parks-Recreation/Parks-Events/Red-Cross-Babysitting-Class
• Get your Arlington County Teen Fitness Membership: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Departments/Parks-Recreation/Programs/Teens/Fitness
• Learn how to repair bikes (Phoenix Bikes): https://www.phoenixbikes.org/youth-programs
• High School Work-Based Learning Programs: https://www.apsva.us/curriculum/ctae/student-opportunities/